Contribute to a task

The goal of this exercise is to extend a task by adding a contribution.

1. Switch back to the Authoring perspective.
2. Create a new task in the contribution_test content package.
3. Use the following attributes for this task:
   • Name: my_contributing_task
   • Presentation name: My Contributing Task
   • Brief Description: Contributing Brief Description text
   • Purpose: Contributing Purpose text
   • Main Description: Contributing Main Description text
   Tip: If the Link name with presentation name for new method element option in Preferences is selected, typing a presentation name will auto-generate the name field.
   
4. Click the Steps tab and add two new steps named "Contributing Step 1" and "Contributing Step 2".
5. Click the Description tab. In the Variability Relationship section, select Contributes and click Select. The Select Dialog: Tasks window opens.
6. Select architectural_analysis and click OK. This will be the base element for our contribution.
7. Go back to the Steps tab and click Order. Use the Up and Down buttons to reorder the steps. Note that you can now insert your new steps into the original sequence of steps inherited from the base. This is a good example of the power of variability contributions.
   
8. Save the new task by closing the editor panel.
9. Switch to the Browsing perspective. Make sure that you are using My Basic Configuration.
   
10. Expand Disciplines > RUP Disciplines > Analysis & Design . Double-click the Architectural Analysis task. The content panel shows a preview of the generated page.
    
    Look at the steps to see how your new material was contributed. You should see the text that you included in the contributing task displayed in the Architectural Analysis task.
11. You can also try specifying additional artifacts, guidance, and additional performer roles in the contributing task (using the Authoring perspective) and then view the result in the Configuration view to see the behavior.